Windjammer Village
Slates Nov. 4 Fair
Windjammer Village residents
are promising "something for ev
eryone at the annual Windjammer
Village Fair to be held Saturday,
Nov. 4, from 10 am. to 4 p.m. in
the Liule River, S.C., development.
Displays include Christmas
crafts, bazaar items, a garden shop,
country kitchen and a men's craft
table, along with baked goods, can
dy and preserves, and a "white ele
phant room" stocked with unusual
"treasures," said spokesman Tina
Redman.
A hot lunch will be available
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and
various prizes will be awarded at a
3 p.m. drawing.
Admission is free to the fair,
which benefits the Windjammer
Village Property Owners Associa
tion. Windjammer Village is locat
ed on S. C. 17, just across the
North Carolina statcline, at the
N.C. 179 exit across from Gray
stone Plaza on U.S. 17.
Shell Show's
This Weekend
The North Carolina Shell Club
will hold its annual show at Inde
pendence Mall in Wilmington Oct.
20-22.
llie J'2-year-old club has more
than 300 members, said Ruth Ho
od, a member from Sunset Beach.
Many of those members will be
exhibiting their shells and shell
crafts at the show. Also, five shell
dealers will participate.
The show is open to the public.
NOW Rallying
Women For Trip
The New Hanover County
Chapter of the National Organiza
tion For Women (NOW) is organiz
ing local participation in a national
rally to be held Nov. 12 in Wash
ington, D.C.
In response to recent actions by
legislators and the courts, the mobi
lization of women from across the
county is intended, said Secretary
Joy Miller, to put President Bush,
the Congress and the Supreme
Court on notice "that the majority
of Americans will not tolerate the
dismantling of abortion rights for
any woman or girl, regardless of
where she lives."
NOW is taking registrations for
the trip. Buses will leave Wilm
ington at 12 a.m. (midnight) Nov.
12.
For more information call Lee
Ann Knowles, 1-686-1355.
Animal League
Plans Yard Sale
The Brunswick County Animal
Welfare League will hold a yard
sale Saturday, Oct. 28, next to
Jane's Seafood Restaurant on Hol
dcn Beach Road.
The yard sale starts at 8 a.m. and
will continue all day Saturday or
until all items are sold, said club
secretary Jack Perry.
Anyone who wants to donate
yard sale items or money to the ani
mal welfare league can contact
Perry at 754-48%. He will pick up
donated items.
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ERIC GIBBLE OF HOLDEN BEACH (left) watches a demonstration by blacksmith Shelton Browder
during last year's Autumn Days program at Brunswick Town.
Evaluate Chemicals On Facts, Not Emotions
BY WILLIAM BARROW JR.
Agricultural Extension Agent
What nrorrcs do von use to
make the various decisions in your
life? When asked, we like to say
our decisions are based on the facts
and not emotion. Few people will
confess to buy
ing a new car,
for example,
just because
the color was
right. Most car
owners like to
quote factors
such as gas mi
leage, engine
performance
and handling. barrow
When it comes to less tangible
issues such as pesticide use, or fo
od safety, emotions often replace
our search for the facts.
One of the most recent examples
deals with apples and Alar. Alar,
you may know, is a growth retar
dant labeled for use on apples and
other fruits. Public emotion swung
the pendulum away from the facts
and the manufacturer made a vol
untary decision to remove this
product from the market.
Alar certainly poses some health
concerns, but the benefits are con
siderable when compared to the
risks. There is not room to debate
the pros and cons of Alar in this
column, but the trend toward deci
sion-making based on emotion is
alarming.
There will be future criticisms of
GARDENING TIPS
agricultural products. We as the
public need to evaluate each on its
own merits. 1 think agricultural
chemicals are a necessity in our
advanced society for several rea
sons. First, it allows our farmers to
produce greater yields and higher
quality products. This means a
lower cost per unit, a more compet
itively-priced product for the world
market, and, hopefully, a. better
income for our farmers.
Second, these chemicals have
some direct environmental benefits.
No till and conservation tillage is
possible because farmers have
chemicals that allow them to con
trol weeds and grasses without
plowing. These reduced tillage sys
tems mean less soil erosion and
less sediment movement into our
rivers and streams. This helps pro
tect our water quality.
Finally, crop protection chemi
cals keep food prices lower for you
and me. In 1988, a U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture study found
that a ban on soil fumigants used
by strawberry growers would cause
yield losses of SI 00 million to
$200 million and would increase
consumer prices by $3 billion to S4
billion annually in the short run.
Organic farming is frequently
offered as an option to the current
use of agricultural chemicals.
Estimates show if technology were
replaced with manpower, approxi
mately 52 million people would
have to return to the farm. This
would raise our current 2.5 percent
of the population in agricultural
production to the 1940 level of 23
percent.
This column is not an attempt to
urge you, the public, to ignore cur
rent concerns about pesticide safety
and use. It is an attempt to caution
you about letting emotion be the
basis for your actions. Pesticide
safety and uses are real issues that
demand attention. However, prop
erly used pesticides are beneficial.
Every pesticide that goes on the
market meets extensive testing to
insure it works and is safe for our
environment. Agricultural chemical
companies estimate each new com
pound brought on the market costs
$30 million to $40 million, takes an
average of seven years and a data
package six feet to 10 feet thick to
register with the Environmental
Protection Agency.
Universities and agricultural
chemical companies are working
with growers to improve their use
of these chemicals every day. Sys
tems such as integrated pest man
agement are being used regularly to
determine when to apply pesticides.
Next time you hear about agri
cultural chemicals and food safety,
remember to look for the facts and
look beyond the emotions. In the
meantime, enjoy some of the best
quality food in the world at some of
the lowest prices.
Heritage Days, Autumn Days
Coming Up At Historic Site
When the aroma of open-hearth
cooking and the sounds of busy
craftsmen fill the air at Brunswick
Town, the state historic site's annu
al Heritage Days and Autumn Days
programs must be under way.
Heritage Days, a program for lo
cal fourth-grade students, will be
held Tuesday, Oct. 24, through
Thursday, Oct 26. The event is
sponsored by the site and Bruns
wick County Public Schools.
Autumn Days will be held on
Saturday, Oct 28, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. The free event is open to the
public. Spoasors arc the site and the
Friends of Brunswick Town organi
zation.
Brcnda Marsh bum, assistant site
manager, said approximately 400
students arc expcctcd to participate
in the Heritage Days program,
which offers hands-on experience
in Colonial arts and crafts.
Fourth-graders from Lcland Mid
dle School will attend on OcL 24;
Bolivia Elementary School and
Southport Elementary School, Oct.
25; Shallotte Middle School and
Waccamaw Elementary School,
OcL 26.
Beginning at 10 a.m. each day,
the children will visit six different
demonstration stations staffed by 10
to IS volunteers and site staff mem
bers dressed in Colonial costumcs.
Ms. Marshburn said the demon
strations include open-hearth cook
ing, lye soap-making, woodwork
ing, pottery, candle-dipping, stencil
ing, broom-making, and toys and
games. Groups will visit each sta
tion for 30 minutes.
According to Tammie Allen, co
ordinator for the Autumn Days pro
gram, between 300 and 400 individ
uals are expected to visit the his
toric site Saturday, depending on
the weather. Warm, sunny weather
last year brought out more than 500
visitors.
Saturday's demonstrations will
be the same as those offered to the
school children earlier in the week.
Visitors are allowed to tour the his
toric site and stop at various sta
tions at their leisure.
Brunswick Town State Historic
Site is an agency of the N.C. De
partment of Cultural Resources. It
is located off N.C. 133, adjacent to
Orton Plantation, between South
port and Wilmington.
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